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Georgia governor details Ebola Response Team

Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner, left, and Gov. Nathan Deal respond to questions about Ebola victims under treatment at Emory University Hospital and stepped up efforts to screen for Ebola among travelers passing through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during the governor's visit to Georgia Tech Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Atlanta. A joint emergency isolation unit administered by Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently treating two Ebola-stricken patients. (AP Photo/David Tulis) Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner, left, and Gov. Nathan Deal respond to questions about Ebola victims under treatment at Emory University Hospital and stepped up efforts to screen for Ebola among travelers passing through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during the governor's visit to Georgia Tech Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Atlanta. A joint emergency isolation unit administered by Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently treating two Ebola-stricken patients. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

By Associated Press October 20, 2014 1 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has assembled an Ebola Response Team to prepare the state for any local occurrences of the virus.

Deal says the group of 13 will meet for the first time this week but didn’t have details on Monday afternoon. The team includes health, military and emergency management officials and representatives from health care facilities, including Atlanta’s Emory University where two people have been treated and released and two patients are being treated for the virus.

State health officer Brenda Fitzgerald says the team’s priorities include cataloguing the protective equipment available to health care workers at all hospitals. Fitzgerald says she is confident any hospital can isolate people suspected to have the virus, and six hospitals are training to provide care for any confirmed patients.